Example sentences of "[noun pl] [v-ing] out [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a low-slung sofa with a faded loose cover ; a rocking-chair with canvas strips hanging out of the bottom ; and a broad oak table on metal castors . |
| 2 | The climbing was superb , with pitches of about Very Severe and many of the larger pebbles sticking out of the rock create great hand holds . |
| 3 | The surrounding countryside is windswept and rocky , moss-bedecked flints sticking out of the ground like primitive blades . |
| 4 | ‘ The beds are unmade and there are dirty knickers sticking out of the washing machine . |
| 5 | His hand slid down over her back , his fingers splaying out over the firm swell of her bottom , pulling her body closer still to his . |
| 6 | These punishments include having ‘ the throat cut across , the tongue torn out by the root ’ and being ‘ buried in the sand of the sea at low water … ’ — this explains why you tend to find heads sticking out of the beach who refuse to tell you that they 're up to . |
| 7 | Sitting on the tall range , its small legs sticking out over the bright brass rail which acted both as a safety barrier round the hotplates and as a place to hang grubby kitchen towels , the small attendant 's face was almost at the same level as the human 's . |
| 8 | Agnes is losing patience and revenue , I 've practically got my legs sticking out of the Boomerang window , when there 's this heavy handslap on the roof of the car . |
| 9 | That was to the tune of 38–3 in an Arms Park qualifying match and sent the Dragons tumbling out of the World Cup . |
| 10 | He stared up at the grey shapes bobbing out in the lagoon . |
| 11 | You can only see people 's eyes looking out of the eye-holes in the clothes . |
| 12 | Tolonen stared at him a moment , nodding , his lips pressed tightly together , his earnest grey eyes looking out from a face carved like granite . |
| 13 | According to the Yugoslav news agency , Tanjug , which still has one of the few non-Romanian journalists operating out of the country , the committee consists of lawyers , artists , and workers , but there is still no sign of a leader or a programme . |
| 14 | Street activities have increased by 60 per cent in Moabit and there is evidence elsewhere too of cafés , shops and restaurants spilling out into the street . |
| 15 | He left the car again , and saw something else on the other side of it — a pair of legs jutting out from the bushes nearby . |
| 16 | She turned towards the shallow stone steps leading out of the square . |
| 17 | There was a glimpse of dark , pain-filled eyes peering out from the folds of the red blankets . |
| 18 | Health : Bridging the dental divide With more dentists moving out of the NHS , private insurance can ease the expense , finds Ann Steele |
| 19 | These rings could be the result of surface waves spreading out from the impact through the solid surface , or the result of a succession of wall slumps in a once deeper basin . |
| 20 | Coming is easy , roundabouts and swings , and fucking you is a big dipper with no brakes flying out across a midnight ocean under a chandelier of stars . |
| 21 | A mosaic of a tree stretched along the whole centre aisle , the branches spreading out before the altars , the birds and beasts of Ireland standing between the leaves . |
| 22 | According to the Environment Secretary , Michael Heseltine , British industry risks losing out on the business opportunities opened up by the need for new equipment to assess and control environmental problems . |
| 23 | Slorne became still and took stance on the branch quite near to Creggan , her head tilting to one site , ant her eyes staring out at the sunset sky that rose massively now over the Cages . |
| 24 | He had a particular reason for regarding the old female golden eagle as special and , like Creggan , he was obsessed by it now , and stood in his pyjamas staring out of an open window on to a cold and moonlit night . |
| 25 | On top of it there was a copper funnel , and there were rods coming out of the end of the funnel attached to a wheel . |
| 26 | They flowed from every avenue of the kitchen , a waist-high tide of grubby , grey-cowled figures rushing in towards him , their coloured boots , sashes and hat-brims swirling out of the mist . |
| 27 | She had n't even noticed her until now , when she stood up , trembling , words coming out in an uncharacteristic torrent . |
| 28 | I particularly remember him at parties diving out of the window for fresh air . |
| 29 | Dear people who could hardly write for arthritis , who had to send aged husbands staggering out in the frost to find something suitable , people whom I had hardly seen and had exchanged no more than the shiest of glances were sending me pictures of daffodils , valleys , seas and mountains . |
| 30 | They took breath for a few moments before they emerged , after the third volley , to finish what they had begun , the Welsh swordsmen boiling out of the bushes joyously on their heels . |